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Show Tl AVE.LS TIIROUGII LOWER CAN" DA: ~mwngft t :c C. nacli:m~ of every d {cription, than the p~.-opk of the St.1tcs; d: unkc!lne(s is un oubtedly much kfs common an ong!l th...:rn, as i~ r;unLiing, an l alfo quarrel s. Dut imkpend ·nt of t 1dc indue m nts t f·tt1:.: in C\ n::tdJ, th~...re is fiill another ir umfhnce which ousht to w~.-igh greatly with every BritiCt1 emigr:-tnt, a ·cording to the opinion even of Mr. Coo1 cr himfc!C After advifing his friends '~ to go where Llnd is cheap and fl.'rti.c, ami " where it is in a. progrcfs of improvement," be recommcn ls them " to bo fomcwhere, if po!Tiblc, iii tbt: ueigbbo~trhood of a };'70 Englijh. " w 10fc fociety, even in America, is intereflino· to an Engli(h fettkr, " who cannot cntin:ly relinqui£11 the 1/h'II/Oria tr.:mporis a eli ;'' th:-tt is, as he particularly men ions in another paO:lgc, " he will find their " manners and convcrfation fctr more agre able than thofc of the Amc" ricans," and fror 1 being chiefly in their company, he will not be fo often tonn~ntcd with the painful reflcelion, that he has not only left, hut abfolutely renounced his native country, and the men whom he nee held dear above a1l others, and united himfclf, in their fiead, with people whofe vain boafls aml icrnorant a.O.crtions, however har{h and grating they may found to his ars, he mul1: lifl:cn to withoLtt murmurmg. Now in Canada, particularly in Lower Can.1d1., in the neighbourhood of ~cbce and Montreal, an Engli£11 fettlcr would find bimfelf furrounded by hi · countrymen; and although his moderate ircumfl:anc s fhould have induced him to leave England, yet he would not be troubled with th difagreeable rcficttion that he had totally renounced his na.tive bn l, a.nd f worn allegi~lncc to a foreign power; he would be able to confider with heartfelt f<ttisfaClion, that he was living under the protection of the country wherein he had drawn his firl1: breath; that he was contributing to her profpt:i·ity, and the wclf.trc of many of his countrymen, while he as ameliorating his own fortune. From a due onfideration of every one of the befor mcnrioned cir .... c~nnflances, it appears evident to me, that there is no part of America [o fuitablc to an Englifh or lri{h fcttler as the vicinity of Montreal or Q£cbec iu Canada, and within twenty miles of each of thcfc places there is ample room for thoufauds of additional inhabitant • I mnil R I V E R S T. C H A R L E S. I mnll not omit here to give fomc account of a new fettlement in the neighbourhood of ~cbec, which I and my fellow travellers vifited in company with feme neighbouring gentlemen, as it may in fomc degree tencl to confirm the truth of what I have faid rcfpe<..'ling the impolicy of withholding imlifputable titles to the lands lately granted by the crown, and as it may ferve at the f:tmc time to iliew how many eligible fj)ots for new icttlcments arc to be found in the neighbourhood of this city. We fet off from ~cbec in calailies, and following, with a little dt:viation only, the courfe of the River St. Iurie , arrived on the margin of the lake of the fune name, about twelve miles di{bnt from ~ebec. The River St. Charles flows from the lal-e into the bafon, near ~ebcc; at its mouth it is about thirty yards wide .. but not navigable for boats, ex ept for a few miles up, owing to the numerou, rock ami falls. In the fpring of the year, when it is much fwolkn by floods, rafts have been conduCl d down the whole way from tht: lake, but thi ha not been accompli£11ed without great ditliculty, fome d:uwer, and a contiderablc lois f time in pafiing the diflcrent portages. The ditl:ance Ji-om the lake to ~ebec beiJJg Co lhort, land carriaP.:e mull alw<lys be prefcrr<.: d to a w.lter conveyance al ng this river, c ·cq t it b<.: for timber. The coudc of the St. Charles is v<.:ry irre ~r ular; in iome pbc~ it appe. us almoll: :fbgnant, whilll: in o her · it ihoots with wouJerful imp·tuolity over de<.:p bed frocks. The vi<.:ws u1 on it arc very romantic. particularly irJ. tht: ncighbourhoo l of Lorette, a viiL gc of the Huron Indi:ms, where th · river, aftn falling in a b autitd C.lfcaJc over a kdge of rocks, winds throu oh a ckcp dell, {haded on each fide with tall trees. The fJ.ce of the country bctw en ~1 c bcc and the lake is extremely pleafing, and in the ut:ighbourhcod of the city, when.: the il.:ttlcmcnts arc numerous, ~.:L.ll cultiv;1ted; but as you retire from it th fi~ ttlemcnts becom fewer and fewer, and the country of courCe n ppe.lr wilder. From the top of a hill, about h< If a mile Jrom t 1c ak~, which mmands a ii11c view of that :.1nd the adj.1cent country, not more than five I i or |